1980 Newtown graduates Gail DaMota, left, of Washington, D.C., Andy Vaughan, of Rochester, N.Y., and Cyd Sellars, of Woodbury, laugh while looking at an old yearbook during the Great Newtown Reunion at the Fairfield Hills Campus in Newtown, Conn. on Saturday, July 27, 2013. About 1,000 former Newtown students came together to reunite, inspired by the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The event included food, musical entertainment, an auction and family activities for kids.
Photo: Tyler Sizemore

Newtown 1980 graduates Sherry Wheeler, right, of Sherman, Conn., and Deborah Kenny, of Virginia Beach, Va., hug during the Great Newtown Reunion at the Fairfield Hills Campus in Newtown, Conn. on Saturday, July 27, 2013. About 1,000 former Newtown students came together to reunite, inspired by the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The event included food, musical entertainment, an auction and family activities for kids.
Photo: Tyler Sizemore

1973 Newtown graduates Deb Williams, left, of Le Roy, N.Y., Michael Hopkins, of Boise, Idaho, and Mavourneen Todd, of Overland Park, Kan., page through an old yearbook at the Great Newtown Reunion at the Fairfield Hills Campus in Newtown, Conn. on Saturday, July 27, 2013. About 1,000 former Newtown students came together to reunite, inspired by the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The event included food, musical entertainment, an auction and family activities for kids.
Photo: Tyler Sizemore

2001 Newtown graduates Chad, left, and Jason Pelletier, right, of East Hartford, talk with Derek Currier, of the band Lewd Buddha, at the Great Newtown Reunion at the Fairfield Hills Campus in Newtown, Conn. on Saturday, July 27, 2013. About 1,000 former Newtown students came together to reunite, inspired by the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The event included food, musical entertainment, an auction and family activities for kids.
Photo: Tyler Sizemore

1987 Newtown graduate Melanie Horton, left, of Beacon Falls, Conn., watches as fellow classmates Leighan White, center, of Seymour, Conn., and Ann Goebel, of Brookline, Mass., hug during the Great Newtown Reunion at the Fairfield Hills Campus in Newtown, Conn. on Saturday, July 27, 2013. About 1,000 former Newtown students came together to reunite, inspired by the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The event included food, musical entertainment, an auction and family activities for kids.
Photo: Tyler Sizemore

Members of Murray the Wheel entertain the audience with their musical performace during the Great Newtown Reunion at the Fairfield Hills Campus in Newtown, Conn. on Saturday, July 27, 2013. About 1,000 former Newtown students came together to reunite, inspired by the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The event included food, musical entertainment, an auction and family activities for kids.
Photo: Tyler Sizemore

1978 Newtown graduate Jodee Parkinson, of Stratford, looks at an old yearbook during the Great Newtown Reunion at the Fairfield Hills Campus in Newtown, Conn. on Saturday, July 27, 2013. About 1,000 former Newtown students came together to reunite, inspired by the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The event included food, musical entertainment, an auction and family activities for kids.
Photo: Tyler Sizemore

Alexis Loveless, 6, of Louisville, is chased by Alli Buonanno, 3, of Stratford on the dance floor at the Great Newtown Reunion at the Fairfield Hills Campus in Newtown, Conn. on Saturday, July 27, 2013. About 1,000 former Newtown students came together to reunite, inspired by the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The event included food, musical entertainment, an auction and family activities for kids.
Photo: Tyler Sizemore

1980 Newtown graduates Beth Keith, left, of Vairo Beach, Fla., and Cyndy DeLucia, of Bethel, hug at the Great Newtown Reunion at the Fairfield Hills Campus in Newtown, Conn. on Saturday, July 27, 2013. About 1,000 former Newtown students came together to reunite, inspired by the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The event included food, musical entertainment, an auction and family activities for kids.
Photo: Tyler Sizemore

Tables are decorated with special Newtown reunion decorations at the Great Newtown Reunion at the Fairfield Hills Campus in Newtown, Conn. on Saturday, July 27, 2013. About 1,000 former Newtown students came together to reunite, inspired by the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The event included food, musical entertainment, an auction and family activities for kids.
Photo: Tyler Sizemore